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September 05, 2026

Horror Stories Vidal Martinez

Bittersweet Revenge

I walk into the pub and there she is, in the far corner, sitting at a table with her friends.She sees me, smiles, and gives me that look. I know exactly what’s going to happen. She standsup, moving through the crowd. She approaches. Before I say anything, I…

September 05, 2026

Romance Stories Thomas Turner

Not Just Any Man Of Twim's

A woman is running a ranch house in Upstate New York. Her name is Sharon “Twim” Morris. All workers are male. Her ranch house has all payroll and employee profiles. Sharon decides to take a break and go outside. She is going into town and will take one of…

September 05, 2026

Science Fiction Stories Lilyan Ruiz

Cosmic Crash (Part One)

Part One After almost thirty years, Lola sat in her living room beside someone she never thought would be sitting there again—her brother, Tobias. If someone had told her years ago that this moment would ever become a reality, she wouldn’t have believed them.…

August 26, 2026

General Stories Michael Barlett

Disappearing Act

Chapter One We all know that our time on this earth will be brief; it seems that in the blink of an eye we are here today, gone tomorrow. Most of us tend to banish any thoughts of our own death to the back-burner, and this ostrich like denial works well until…

August 26, 2026

Flash Fiction Lilyan Ruiz

My Voice, My Truth: A Redemption Story

Lilyan had heard people say that memories fade with time. She wished that were true. Some memories never faded. They waited quietly beneath the surface, returning when she least expected them. The first memory she could never escape happened when she was…

August 26, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

There But For Fortune

Show me a prison, show me a jail Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why And there but for fortune, may go you or I Phil Ochs On May 22, 1963, a friend drove me and my parents to the Havana…

August 26, 2026

Crime Stories Thomas Turner

Character Assassination

Advisor- Curt Chown Joanne talks to her husband about Sonny. The husband says why doesn't she drop it. He is in the hospital. He almost died. Joanne says ‘I was born before him and they treated him as king.’ She gets up and goes to the cabinet and gets her…

August 02, 2026

General Stories Yumi Cai

Black Datura

“Hey honey, where’ve you been?” “Uh… what’s going on?” The background noise on his end was a predictable wall of sound—passing traffic, the sharp clink of highball glasses, the hurried, thin murmurs of men who calibrated their lives by a stock ticker. “You…

August 02, 2026

Flash Fiction Lilyan Ruiz

My Voice, My Truth

August 02, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

The Minotaur

The bull came up and had intercourse with [Pasiphae], as if with a real cow. Pasiphae gave birth to Asterios (Asterius), who was called Minotauros. He had the face of a bull, but was otherwise human. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 8 - 11 Princess Ariadne…

July 18, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Killer Part To Play

“You do realize this film requires a lot of nudity?” The middle-aged, bald, obese, white, male director, named Marty asked.“Of course,” Dan nodded agreeably.“Well let's see what you got under those clothes,” Marty requested.“Sure. “Dan agreed and boldly…

July 18, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

The Pixie By The Pond

The Pixies, they who change not, nor grow old or die. The Pixies though they love us, behold us pass away, And are not sad for flowers they gathered yesterday Nora Chesson, The Pixies Brian had just finished his Junior year at Stanford University, where he…